Royal Hackaway v6 is Royal Holloway's sixth annual hackathon. Open to students from all around the world. In this two-day hackathon, you'll work as a team to build a project. You'll pick up new skills, try out new tech, and meet new people.

Requirements

What to Submit

On Devpost, please submit your code and fill out all the fields!

To prepare for judging, please prepare a demo of your project running and a short explanation of how it was created.

If you are in person, this will be in a science-fair style where you will set up a table to demonstrate your work. If you are online, this will be via a Discord call with one of our judges!

 

Presentation

If you are successful in the first round of judging and make it into the top 5, you will need to present your project to our audience, streamed live. Please prepare a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation about your journey creating the project, and what it can do!

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

£800 in prizes

First Prize

£400 in gift cards

MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

Second Prize

£200 in gift cards

MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

Third Prize

£150 in gift cards

MLH Fellowship Fast Track Interviews + MLH Winner Pins

Best Domain Name from Domain.com

Register a .Tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend for your chance to win a Domain.com branded backpack for you and each member of your team! Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. The more creative the domain the better!

Best Use of MATLAB

MATLAB and Simulink are computational tools used at over 100,000 businesses, government and university sites in over 190 countries. Use MATLAB and/or Simulink exclusively or integrate them into another tool for your next hack to win an exclusive MathWorks branded Wireless YoYo Speaker! You can also claim a free MATLAB software license to get started.

Most Creative Use of Twilio

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using a web service API. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe you'd like to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any Twilio API for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Get started with $50 in free credit!

Best Sustainability Hack sponsored by Avanade

Avanade has put sustainable tech at the forefront of their ongoing mission! Sustainability is about conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources and focusing efforts to reduce and improve the environmental impact of technology, processes, and operations on our planet and society. For your hackathon project, we want you to make a genuine human impact using your ingenuity to address sustainability through an innovative use of technology. Demonstrate how you can create a more sustainable future and help the environment. As an added bonus, the team with the best sustainability hack will be rewarded with awesome lego sets!

Best Use of Auth0

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a 12oz tumbler, Rubik's Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn't take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try, no credit card required, with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!

Hackiest Hack

Build something over the top, over-engineered or held together with bits of string. Use your imagination!

Most collaborative team

The Worth sponsor prize for the team that works most collaboratively.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Stephanie Flower

Stephanie Flower
Royal Hackaway

Danny Piper

Danny Piper
Royal Hackaway

James Arnott

James Arnott
Royal Hackaway

Amber Abuah

Amber Abuah
Royal Hackaway

Leo Durrant

Leo Durrant
Royal Hackaway

Riddhi Varia

Riddhi Varia
Royal Hackaway

Sinan Iqbal

Sinan Iqbal
Royal Hackaway

William Sandy

William Sandy
Royal Hackaway

Judging Criteria

  • Creativity
    Making a project is half the fun - Making it fun and creative will help wow the judges!
  • Technical Achievement
    How well can you show off your technical skills?
  • Presentation
    We like to see your projects in action, and the best way to do so is via a presentation! Your 5-minute presentation should show the ins and outs of your project, preferably with a live demonstration alongside a PowerPoint(TM) presentation or video.

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